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Big lenses are a serious investment, when you're shelling out £1000 and up you need to at least be able to get the best out of them.
I had the Bigma 50-500mm OS I then got rid of it and bought the Canon 100-400mm f5.6 as I preferred the push/pull zoom action and the f5.6 was more usable than the f6.3 of the Bigma. I don't get too wrapped up in the differences of camera bodies as technology is so fast moving, buy one that does all you need it to, but always always buy the best lenses you can afford. Lenses for most people will stay with you as you change camera bodies over the years. Only when you switch to full frame would you need to change your EF-S or DX lenses. On the subject of macro I have found it hard to use my SLR, and took most of my best macros on a set up which uses a Canon SX1 that i've mentioned before. There was just something about this camera that I just bonded with and it was a perfect tool for stalking insects etc. When I visit RSPB sites i'll generally spend all day hunting and stalking the creepy crawlies. This is one of my favourite macros of a Hoverfly in flight: While it's not technically brilliant and has some image noise it's still a hard thing to capture. The beauty of the SX1 is that even at these extremes is that it can shoot 10mp RAW files at 4fps, which is a rarity for bridge cameras. |
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hi Phil, sorry have not posted of late some changes i have no longer got canon sx50 Phil it had a fault and had to go back got full refund on it though, so am thinking of not a bridge camera, it's been not a very nice since i last spoke to you have been ill myself but am over it now,will no doubt get in touch with you when i have got my photography head back on ,need to sort out the paintwork on my 75 first, oh just before i sign off your question how do you get the bees and butterflies to stay still in one place?the answer is JAM. GARY.
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I own the descendant of the Canon SX50, the pensionable S3 IS, I can use a friends SLR when I need better image quality, and the S3 is still reasonably good quality, I enjoy transport photography mainly, and continuous shooting is a must for this type of work, as with a fast moving object you'd need to be David Bailey to hit the shutter at exactly the right time!
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The S3 was a great little camera. You can get the later S5 IS on ebay now for less than £40.
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I agree with you there Alan, such an insect in flight is hard to capture. I had a go recently with the SX40 and all is could manage was of a red dragon fly at rest beside a pond. I have not posted it up. Not quite the same action shot as yours.
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Of course it does Jeff. We have seen interests and affiliations to Old Buses, Aircraft, Steam Engines - Rail and Tractors, Caravans, Yachts. Not so many of the latter but we do have a few sailors in the club. When the season picks up I hope we are going to see some more of those racy and dramatic photos. I know you have a library of thousands of car pics In contrast to that I have childhood memories of holidays in Eire getting around in a horse and trap with my folks. In those days, not many people owned a car and photography was something completely different with b+w being very popular. Apologies for diverting away.
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